[Bent] New Mexico bike trip

[Rich Sadler]

Hi John,
Yeah, I had a ball. It was nice riding weather early in the week- about 
80 during the day. Albuquerque is at 5000', so not as hot as its 
southerly location would lead you to believe.They were having a hot air 
balloon festival all week, & as they were short on launch crew, I 
volunteered to help launch, chase & recover a balloon on Tuesday. The 
tour was put on by InMotion bike tours, who carried our luggage, fed us, 
reserved campsites & took good care of our 40 riders on the road- I was 
the only recumbent. We did 280 miles for the week with a good amount of 
climbing, topping out at 9100' on the toughest day (steep mountain road 
with headwinds). It got colder & windier as the week progressed- the 
last night we camped was below freezing.I'm attaching the route 
elevation profile for the three toughest days- Day 3 was the hardest 
climb I've ever done, miles & miles of clawing my way up the mountain at 
4 to 5 mph in granny. Great views at the top,though- with a wild descent.
Rich Sadler
JOHN TETZ wrote:
> Hey Rich;;   by the photos you took it looks like you had a terrific 
> time. Lots of flattish looking roads in the photos .ya sure Also 
> bigger mountains than we have here.
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> Couldn't tell if it was hot or not. Didn't see many other riders on 
> the trip ?
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> John Tetz
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